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Jamgarh Fort

PunjabFortProtected
A beautiful burnt brick fort standing in the desert with much of its original appearance, built in 1788 CE by Jam Khan Marufani. It is square in plan, measuring 35 m on each side. Its walls survive to the height of 9 m and are strengthened by circular bastions at the corner. Originally, a mud rampart was built around the fort of which merely an outline of mud on the ground is visible now.
Record ID
6973
Province / territory
Punjab
District
Bahawalnagar
Typology
Monument
Subtype
Fort
Period
Historic
Legal status
Not Protected — UNVERIFIED; no statute or notification cited
Coordinates
29.16806, 72.54889 — source-provided, not field-verified
Verification status
source_record; automatically_standardized; verification_required
Sources
Mughal, Mohammad Rafique. (1997). Forts in Cholistan. Ancient Cholistan, Archaeology and Architecture.

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